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Newcastle slap huge £150m price tag on Alexander Isak amid Arsenal links with Magpies confident of keeping in-demand striker

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<p>According to the <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/12/28/newcastle-value-alexander-isak-at-more-than-150m/" target="_blank"><em>Telegraph</em></a>, Newcastle would require a Premier League record offer "in excess of" £150m (€181m/$189m) in order to part with Isak. A similar valuation previously scared off Chelsea and the Magpies are reported to be "relaxed" about the situation, with "no interest in selling".</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Arsenal are the club <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/arsenal-red-alert-alexander-isak-update-truth-emerges-newcastle-contract/bltce0f75721ed4e559" target="_blank">most heavily linked with Isak</a>, who has scored 32 Premier League goals since the start of 2023-24. The Gunners have lacked a prolific striker since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang left, despite speding a substantial amount of Gabriel Jesus in 2022. But there could be rival interest from Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Barcelona, and even Liverpool if Mohamed Salah is to leave Anfield.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>During the November international break, Isak told reporters in Sweden: "I am commenting on my situation in Newcastle, and I have never had any problem there. I am fully focused on my task there and that we will have a fantastic season. There are still great opportunities for that. I have no thoughts about anything else."</p>

WHAT ISAK SAID

<p>Isak still has until 2028 on the six-year contract he signed upon joining Newcastle in the summer of 2022. But while he has no stated desire to leave the club, a new and improved deal is likely going to be necessary to keep the player in the long-term. Talks have previously been postponed and will have to begin at some point.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

Newcastle slap huge £150m price tag on Alexander Isak amid Arsenal links with Magpies confident of keeping in-demand striker | Goal.com Tanzania

Newcastle United have named the prohibitive price tag it would take for Arsenal and others to sign in-form striker Alexander Isak.